江西省泰和县武山一带的武山鸡,在国内外享有盛名,它既可以食用、药用,又可以供观赏。广东省佛山县也有此种鸡,名曰‘佛山鸡’。去年农业部畜牧总局召开了专业会议,会上曾对武山鸡鸡种的产地发生了争论。一说产于江西泰和县武山,另一说产于广东佛山县,双方各执己见,一时真假难断。畜牧总局要求两省各拿出自己的历史根据。当时,参加会议的江西省畜牧水产厅的负责同志电告泰和县农业部门迅速上报有关武山鸡种的 Wushan chicken in Wushan, Taihe County, Jiangxi Province enjoys a good reputation both at home and abroad. It can be edible, medicinal and can be used for viewing. Foshan, Guangdong Province, there are such chickens, nicknamed ’Foshan chicken’. Last year, the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry General Bureau held a professional meeting, at the meeting on the origin of Wushan chicken breed occurred controversy. One said that produced in Jiangxi Taihe County Wushan, the other said production in Foshan, Guangdong Province, both sides disagree, sometimes true and false. The Bureau of Animal Husbandry has asked each province to come up with its own historical basis. At that time, the responsible comrades of the Jiangxi Provincial Department of Animal Husbandry and Fishery attended the meeting and telegraphed the agricultural department of Taihe County promptly to report the